It all started with the Large Hadron Collider.
A scientist was sitting there on March 12, 2023, drinking tea and slacking off, when he accidentally spilled a bit on the keyboard. This sent several signals to the main computer, which then proceeded to overheat and begin to send even more wild signals all over the complex. One of them was to cut off the coolant to the LHC's electromagnet. It overheated, and overcharged the particles, causing a ridiculously large bang noise and a blinding flash of light. The light decimated the complex, ravaging the Swiss Alps and going even farther, all the way around the world. The areas nearby were fucked up pretty badly, but the areas farther away were damaged less. And "less" is rather alot, considering that the LHC's explosion vaporized everything for a mile. But hey, at least no animals were ha- oh, wait. A bunch of them were killed. Brutally, in fact. Erm...
Anyways, you are a survivor living ten years after the LHC fuckup, simply living a poor but relatively good life. You hear/see a broadcast on the radio/television (depending on how much money you have) calling all who are willing to participate in "Project Rehabilitate," which, although not explained much, will hopefully save the world. Or doom it. But preferably the former. Eh, who knows. Maybe it'll just stea-
Steak, stop slacking off! This is an RP, not fucking 4chan!
Oh, right. Lets go to the character sheet templates, shall we?